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Biden reports ‘good progress’ in budget talks (AP)
AP – Vice President Joe Biden reported “good progress” Wednesday in budget talks to prevent a government shutdown next week as congressional negotiators began work on a proposal for around $33 billion in spending cuts over the next six months — considerably less than tea party activists demanded.
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Obama, Biden to meet with governors at White House (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama hopes to hear ideas from the states on how to best repair the United States’ slowly recovering economy when he meets Monday with the nation’s governors.
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Biden greets China’s Hu upon arrival in the US (AP)
AP – Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jihn-tow) has landed at Andrews Air Force base for a state visit to the United States. He was welcomed upon his arrival by Vice President Joe Biden and a military color guard.
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Baghdad bombs kill 2 at start of Biden visit (AP)
AP – Vice President Joe Biden was in Iraq early Thursday for talks about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year’s end, but three explosions in the capital killing two people demonstrated the lingering security challenges facing the country.
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Biden says gay marriage ‘inevitable’ (AP)
AP – Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage.
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Biden: Same-sex marriage is ‘inevitable’
Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States will one day “evolve” towards accepting same-sex marriage, much the same way that the idea of overturning the ban on gays in the military became acceptable over time.
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Biden: Julian Assange, Wikileaks has ‘done damage’
The Justice Department is looking closely to see if Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be prosecuted, Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday morning on “Meet the Press”.
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